• DocumentCode
    812166
  • Title

    On Sylvester´s criterion for positive-semidefinite matrices

  • Author

    Swamy, K.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    306
  • Lastpage
    306
  • Abstract
    The error contained in several engineering texts on systems theory regarding Sylvester´s criterion for positive-semidefinite matrices is brought to the fore.
  • Keywords
    Matrices; Control system analysis; Control systems; Control theory; Controllability; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Linear systems; Process control; State-space methods; Symmetric matrices; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1973.1100319
  • Filename
    1100319